Learn How to Stop Divorce with Prayer (Recommended)

Prayer can involve so much more than you think, as people may turn to it for personal guidance during a difficult time. If you are in need of help or strength to prevent a divorce, it might be time that you develop your own prayer.

With couples around the world turning to God during the most difficult times in their lives, it is easy to understand how you can feel comfort, resolve, and reassurance by reaching out to a higher power.

Whether you are looking to stop a divorce from happening or want to deeply examine yourself and your relationship, this guide can help you learn how to stop divorce with the help of prayer.

Step 1: Identify the Problem

The first thing you are going to need to do is determine what the problem is in your life and your relationship. Is divorce being threatened because of personality conflicts? Or did one person betray the trust of another?

By taking the time to identify what the underlying issues are, you could have a clearer idea of what you need to ask God to help with. Targeted prayer is only going to work if you know what you are looking for.

Step 2: Know What You Want

It is time to reflect and figure out what it is that you want out of your marriage. Is it something as simple as stopping the divorce before the proceedings actually start, or are you searching for something more?

To determine whether you should be praying for yourself or your loved one, you are going to need to reflect on the issues that you have within your marriage.

If you ask yourself what you can do to help make your relationship stronger, it could give you the right foundation for correcting any wrongs and building a stronger marriage.

Step 3: Develop the Prayer

You know what you are looking for and what you want out of your marriage. Now it is time to develop the prayer.

Make sure that you include all of the things you are seeking help with. For example, you could let God know that you need strength to become more understanding about your spouse’s concerns.

If you have been pushing all of the blame onto your significant other, you could ask for forgiveness regarding your own sins. At the end of the day, your spouse may be seeking divorce because of something you have done.

Also be sure to ask for guidance and support for your loved one, as they will also be going through a difficult time and will need to rely on the help of God.

Step 4: Recite the Prayer

Reciting the prayer could be the most important part of the process, as it can help remind you of positive affirmations to keep you motivated towards repairing your marriage.

Do you find yourself dealing with a difficult day, or are you reflecting on issues that you encountered in the past? Either way, you could try ensuring that you recite the prayer as often as possible.

You might even find that if you ask your spouse to pray with you at the beginning and end of every day, it can help strengthen your bond—not only with each other, but with your faith as well.

Examples of Prayers to Stop Divorce

1. “Father, I pray that You will deliver myself and my husband/wife from self-centeredness. Grant that I and my husband/wife will have a servant’s heart” (Ephesians 2:3; 2 Timothy 3:2; Matthew 20:28; Philippians 2:5-11).

2. “Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray that You would bind the work of Satan from this marriage. He would love nothing more than to destroy our marriage. I ask You to stop His work in our lives and destroy his attacks against this marriage” (John 8:44; Genesis 3:11-13).

3. “Father, I plead that we will speak the truth to one another in love. Cause us to honestly share our feelings without being arrogant or spiteful. Through love and honesty, enable us to work through our differences” (Ephesians 4:25; 1 John 4:7, 11).

4. “Father, I plead that You would bring us into a more intimate relationship with Yourself. Cause us to long for You as the deer longs for water. Grant us a hunger in their soul for You. Create within us a spirit of prayer, especially for each other” (Psalm 42:1-2, 63:1; John 17:3; Colossians 4:2).

Divorce can be an incredibly difficult, traumatic experience, especially for couples that entered their marriage with the thought of being together forever. You might think that the threat of divorce means that marriage is finite, but it does not have to be. By working together through the help of prayer, you can strengthen the bond between spouses and work towards repairing your relationship.

About the Author

Shawn Leamon

Want more help? Get personalized 1-on-1 coaching with Shawn at divorceandyourmoney.com/coaching. Shawn Leamon, MBA, CDFA is the host of the “Divorce and Your Money Podcast,” the #1 divorce podcast in the United States.